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Gaines's place of birth and names of parents are unavailable. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in [[sociology]] from the historically black Southern University and a [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the Southern University Law Center, both in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He is a former assistant city attorney for New Orleans and has been a tax attorney for the [[Internal Revenue Service]]. A [[lieutenant colonel]] in the Louisiana National Guard, he is a veteran of the [[United States Army]]. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Gaines is an associate professor and director of the Criminal Justice Department at his [[alma mater]], the historically black Southern University, of which he is a former member of the board of supervisors. He is a member of the [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref name=pvs/>

Gaines's place of birth and names of parents are unavailable. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in [[sociology]] from the historically black Southern University and a [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the Southern University Law Center, both in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. He is a former assistant city attorney for New Orleans and has been a tax attorney for the [[Internal Revenue Service]]. A [[lieutenant colonel]] in the Louisiana National Guard, he is a veteran of the [[United States Army]]. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Gaines is an associate professor and director of the Criminal Justice Department at his [[alma mater]], the historically black Southern University, of which he is a former member of the board of supervisors. He is a member of the [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref name=pvs/>

Gaines and his wife, the former Camalyn Woodard (born October 1961), have three children. He is a [[deacon]] in the Bethlehem Missionary [[Baptist]] Church in LaPlace and treasurer of the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]], a group founded by [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart/candidate/biography/93966/randal-gaines#.VUgczflViko|title=Randal L. Gaines' Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=August 12, 2020}}</ref> He is a former resident of New Orleans, Kenner in Jefferson Parish, and Gonzales in Ascension Parish, and Lutcher, in St. James Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Randal&qmi=L&qn=Gaines&qcs=LaPlace%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Randal L. Gaines|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 4, 2015}}</ref>

Gaines and his wife, the former Camalyn Woodard (born October 1961), have three children. He is a [[deacon]] in the Bethlehem Missionary [[Baptist]] Church in LaPlace and treasurer of the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]], a group founded by [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart/candidate/biography/93966/randal-gaines#.VUgczflViko|title=Randal L. Gaines' Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=August 12, 2020}}</ref> He is a former resident of New Orleans, Kenner in Jefferson Parish, and Gonzales in Ascension Parish, and Lutcher, in St. James Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/results.php?ReportType=1&formname=name&qf=Randal&qmi=L&qn=Gaines&qcs=LaPlace%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Randal L. Gaines|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=August 13, 2020}}</ref>

==Political life==

==Political life==